Marcus Alonzo Hanna; his life and work . The date wasnot far from 1870. The object of the meeting was to stir upopposition to a ward boss who had been controlling the nomina-tions for the office of city councilman. The foremost businessmen in the district attended the conference, and Mr. Hannawas one of the prominent speakers. He urged upon his hearersthe need of an open and honest primary election, and the neces-sity of participation by the better element of the ward inactive political work. The date of another similar incident may be fixed definitelyin 1873. At that time the Cleveland munici
Marcus Alonzo Hanna; his life and work . The date wasnot far from 1870. The object of the meeting was to stir upopposition to a ward boss who had been controlling the nomina-tions for the office of city councilman. The foremost businessmen in the district attended the conference, and Mr. Hannawas one of the prominent speakers. He urged upon his hearersthe need of an open and honest primary election, and the neces-sity of participation by the better element of the ward inactive political work. The date of another similar incident may be fixed definitelyin 1873. At that time the Cleveland municipal elections wereheld in the spring, and were preceded by only a very shortcampaign. The Republicans nominated John nomination was unfit, and many Republicans, includingMark Hanna, decided to bolt. A meeting was called, in whichMr. Hanna was prominent, and it agreed to support Charles , a Democrat, but not one who had been active in Otis was elected, while the rest of the Democratic ticketwas Mark Hanna about 1877 BEGINNINGS IN POLITICS 113 These instances sufficiently indicate that Mr. Hannasactive interest in politics long antedated his connection withthe street railway. Neither he nor his wife became even par-tial owners in the West Side Street Railway until 1876, andnot until six years later did he undertake the management ofthat corporation. His business affairs had nothing to do withhis entrance into politics, and he did not remain in politicsin their interest. Quite apart from the evident fact that anybenefit which his business could derive from his political con-nection would only be incidental, no one who understandsthe sort of a man Mark Hanna was can believe for an instantthat his interest in politics could be derived from any sourceoutside of itself. He could no more help being interested in politics, and inexpressing that interest in an eager effort to elect men tooffice, than he could help being interested in business,
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